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take a look at the members in illinois. bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and, by the way, mark kirk's seat, that seat that was supposed to go to democrats, republicans won that seat last night too. so there are a few states that turned out worse for democrat than president obama's own state. then you take a look at a state like delaware where the tea party candidate came in and really robbed republicans not only of one seat, but, you know, some house republicans thought they might even have a chance of keeping that senate seat with the right primary nominee. that right nominee lost along with congressman mike cassel, and democrats picked up the two seats. i think that talks a lot about the dangers republican face going forward if they continue this sort of shrinking the tent and purr fewing the party -- purifying the party. final ily, take a look at nevada. even now and then a perfect campaign can overcome even perfect campaigns. illinois was the state that actually flipped to r
take a look at the members in illinois. bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and, by the way, mark kirk's seat, that seat that was supposed to go to democrats, republicans won that seat last night too. so there are a few states that turned out worse for democrat than president obama's own state. then you take a look at a state like delaware where the tea party candidate came in and really robbed republicans not...
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this guy called barack obama, a name that seemed to be off the guantanamo list, junior senator from illinois who thought he was going to be president, and then it started looking like, well, maybe he was going to be president, and he was certainly going to try. and so it seemed clear as the campaign went on -- seemed to illuminate and illustrate a lot of the -- and at times aned a -- answered a lot of questions i was asking and issues i was addressing. so i said, we can't do this until after we see how this comes out. so that was the timing. you know, you have to pose at the end of the day -- impose a structure on your thinking, i think, and it seemed to me that you could outline four groups that constitute black america today, and it seemed to me that the distinctions among these four groups seemed to be clearer and more vivid as time went on rather than more -- more than soft or diffuse. the first is a majority, 55%, maybe, 54%, of african-americans who it seems to me have entered the middle class. now, there's been a big asterisk there. what is the middle class these days? especially duri
this guy called barack obama, a name that seemed to be off the guantanamo list, junior senator from illinois who thought he was going to be president, and then it started looking like, well, maybe he was going to be president, and he was certainly going to try. and so it seemed clear as the campaign went on -- seemed to illuminate and illustrate a lot of the -- and at times aned a -- answered a lot of questions i was asking and issues i was addressing. so i said, we can't do this until after we...
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illinois, you know, key to winning a lot of rex elections -- elections in illinois is the suburbs. is there a campaign strategy that quinn used to pull off the upset? >> well, yeah. even right now when we have a greater tolerance for candidates outside the mainstream, there's still a breaking points. particularly when states have a history of electing modern republicans or moderate democrats. bill brady's not one of those, and i think it just shows each though we had a greater tolerance, voters had a breaking point. >> i think illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i would agree with nathan that we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks there. that's a state where, you know, this partnership that you see in a lot of cases between the dj and the unions really paid off, where asme literally had, based on reports, had 4,000 paid workers on the ground in cook county leading up to election day. and cook county, i think the turnout was higher in cook county over the senate race. and really i think at the end of the day that was the story. it set
illinois, you know, key to winning a lot of rex elections -- elections in illinois is the suburbs. is there a campaign strategy that quinn used to pull off the upset? >> well, yeah. even right now when we have a greater tolerance for candidates outside the mainstream, there's still a breaking points. particularly when states have a history of electing modern republicans or moderate democrats. bill brady's not one of those, and i think it just shows each though we had a greater tolerance,...
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last year's president of the modern language association, professor gerald graff at the university of illinois is a leftist, he is a leftist. he writes for magazines like radical teaching. but he -- he has a theory that teachers should teach the conflict. they should be advocates on either side of the conflict. they should teach the conflict. they should impose on students -- seems like very basic elementary stuff. and he has been challenged. he is a lone voice. his challenge now by professors particularly in the education field. the argument they hold is you can have one of two views. radical view that -- of social justice, social justice is part of the curriculum to personal social justice meaning redistribution of income just as socialist doctrine -- in fact they tried to make a requirement for graduation from one of these schools until there with a protest and they withdrew it. but now they devised a psychometrics model for determining whether a prospective teacher or undergraduate or graduate student in an education school has social justice values and if they don't they are not qualified
last year's president of the modern language association, professor gerald graff at the university of illinois is a leftist, he is a leftist. he writes for magazines like radical teaching. but he -- he has a theory that teachers should teach the conflict. they should be advocates on either side of the conflict. they should teach the conflict. they should impose on students -- seems like very basic elementary stuff. and he has been challenged. he is a lone voice. his challenge now by professors...
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around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things about george i also knew that's part of life in the united states, really a part we should be grateful for. >> at what point do you broke is candid enough to withstand the criticism? >> maybe we have drawn the skin from when george's that was vice president but i also think i knew more than the critics. i lived with george, the threats were and didn't know everyone of them, he didn't think kevin's tell me everyone because he didn't want to add to my worries, but i felt i knew a lot more about the issues than the people criticizing him did purvis. >> in "spoken from the heart" you write about those. you
around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things...
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-- in a state like illinois. take a look at the members of illinois, bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and by the way, mark kirk's seat -- >> we're going to break away from the last minute or so of this recorded portion of today' event, the national journal's look at the midterm elections. we're back live now going over to the grand hyatt here in washington, d.c. with a panel talking about the impact of the election. this panel includes former house republican leader dick armey. live coverage now on c-span2. >> part of the revolutionary movement in 1994 that led republicans to control of congress for the first time in 40 years, at least in the house of representatives. to his right is martin frost, also a democrat from texas. a graduate of the missouri school of journalism as am i, and that's the most important part of the process as far as i'm concerned. [laughter] but he was also member of the -- leader of the house democrati
-- in a state like illinois. take a look at the members of illinois, bill foster, phil hare, debbie halvorson. there's a good possibility even melissa bean will all be looking for new jobs. and by the way, mark kirk's seat -- >> we're going to break away from the last minute or so of this recorded portion of today' event, the national journal's look at the midterm elections. we're back live now going over to the grand hyatt here in washington, d.c. with a panel talking about the impact of...
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, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly favored the republican party and favored the republican party and those people who were republicans who wanted to go out and vote it was a hell or high water kind of thing. they were going to vote no matter what. there was interesting things here and there. black turnout in carolina was very high. you saw joe wilson being a somewhat serious race in a district that's quite good. again, you saw nicky hailey when by not nearly the margin people fought and a lot of the was turnout. i don't know why to be totally frank i'm not sure why it was high. it
, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly...
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what does he say in northern illinois and southern illinois? we know one thing about lincoln. he always thought slavery was a great moral wrong. if -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good, that is it actually helped people become civilized after being brought here from africa. i wondered if african-american lincoln and davis ever met. they're in washington at the same time at various times, but we know they never met. i think they would have got along in many ways talking about the greatness of america, both lincoln and davis were nationalists and they believed in american american exceptionalism. lincoln believed all men deserved to be free and the constitution guaranteed that. davis believed the opposite. he said the founders had slavery, why not us? he believed people always were meant to the slaves. it's tragic because they could have been friends possibly. possibly they could have avoided a civil war if they knew each other and were close friends before the war, but that great gulf
what does he say in northern illinois and southern illinois? we know one thing about lincoln. he always thought slavery was a great moral wrong. if -- and so davis did not agree. davis believed in white racial superiority throughout his life. davis believed that slavery was good, that is it actually helped people become civilized after being brought here from africa. i wondered if african-american lincoln and davis ever met. they're in washington at the same time at various times, but we know...
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: in the absence of senator inouye, as a member of the appropriations committee, i'd like to ask permission to speak in his behalf for the one minute allocated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i am going to vote today against senator coburn's effort to change our rules relative to earmark legislation, and i want to tell you as a member of the senate appropriations committee, that we have put in place what i consider to be the most dramatic reform of this appropriations process since i've served in congress. there is full disclosure of every -- in my office, every single request for an appropriation. we then ask those who made the request for the appropriation to have a full disclaimer of their involvement in the appropriation so it's there for the public record. this kind of transparency is virtually unprecedented. and i think it is an effort to overcome some of the embarrassing episodes primarily in the house of representatives under the oth
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: in the absence of senator inouye, as a member of the appropriations committee, i'd like to ask permission to speak in his behalf for the one minute allocated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, i am going to vote today against senator coburn's effort to change our rules relative to earmark legislation, and i want to tell you as a member of the senate appropriations committee, that we have put in...
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he realized that farmers were leaveing their farms in illinois and missouri and coming to the city because of industrialization. they were becoming factory workers. what were they doing? they were commuting. women who used to be important economic decision makers on the farms were now becoming housewives. it's all going to play into something you were going to see in a second. gaslight and electric light allowed people to entertain themselves in the evening by reading. a new printing press had been invented by ho that would print quickly, paper was being made from trees that had the strength to go through the machines at high speed, and the victorian internet had arrived. you call it the telegram. bringing news from new york and washington to st. louis as fresh as that morning. so he took all of these ingredients and published an afternoon paper with news from washington and new york as fresh as that morning so that the commuters heading home desperate for entertainment filled with entertaining tales about the city and economic decision making material for the housewives, advertisements, w
he realized that farmers were leaveing their farms in illinois and missouri and coming to the city because of industrialization. they were becoming factory workers. what were they doing? they were commuting. women who used to be important economic decision makers on the farms were now becoming housewives. it's all going to play into something you were going to see in a second. gaslight and electric light allowed people to entertain themselves in the evening by reading. a new printing press had...
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, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly favored the republican party and favored the republican party and those people who were republicans who wanted to go out and vote it was a hell or high water kind of thing. they were going to vote no matter what. there was interesting things here and there. black turnout in carolina was very high. you saw joe wilson being a somewhat serious race in a district that's quite good. again, you saw nicky hailey when by not nearly the margin people fought and a lot of the was turnout. i don't know why to be totally frank i'm not sure why it was high. it
, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly...
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[laughter] raw blagojevich's successor in illinois, pat quinn, he seems to us how long. he leads by less than 2000 votes in a state where county clerks seem to have violated the military voting at and trying to send out dallas to military members, although they did transfer them to inmates at the cook county jail. [laughter] otherwise, the news is very good for the republicans. they now hold the governorship of those houses and the legislature and six of the 10 largest states, texas florida pennsylvania ohio michigan and georgia. they want democratic governorships in pennsylvania, ohio michigan and wisconsin and gain control of both houses of legislature in each of those states. in addition they gain control of the legislatures in indiana, minnesota, montana and one house in iowa and maine new hampshire and new england, north carolina and alabama in the south. altogether the figures i got from the national conference of state legislature showed him gaining 125 seats in the state senate and the figure john made reference to, 543 seats in the state houses. obviously there
[laughter] raw blagojevich's successor in illinois, pat quinn, he seems to us how long. he leads by less than 2000 votes in a state where county clerks seem to have violated the military voting at and trying to send out dallas to military members, although they did transfer them to inmates at the cook county jail. [laughter] otherwise, the news is very good for the republicans. they now hold the governorship of those houses and the legislature and six of the 10 largest states, texas florida...
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in illinois you have a history of electing moderates from the northern part of the state. phil brady is not one of those. i think it shows even though it are greater tolerance for kansas we still have a breaking point. >> do you think illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i think i would agree with nathan that we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks they are. that's a state where the partnership you see in a lot of cases between the dga and the unions really pay off, whereas we literally had been some reports had 4000 paid workers on the ground in cook county leading up to election day. in cook county i think the turnout was higher in cook county over the senate race. and really i think at the end of the day, that was the story but there is a better turnout observation based on union support. i think the other surprise that was a pleasant prize for me personally was one of the states that i was dealing with everyday was florida. we came through just a bruising nomination contest, where we had over $70 million spent, you know, 95
in illinois you have a history of electing moderates from the northern part of the state. phil brady is not one of those. i think it shows even though it are greater tolerance for kansas we still have a breaking point. >> do you think illinois was an unpleasant surprise. i think i would agree with nathan that we thought we had a really good shot coming down the stretch the last couple of weeks they are. that's a state where the partnership you see in a lot of cases between the dga and the...
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miles davis whose parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would've been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was head of parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. thelonious monk, his parents migrated was five years old to north carolina to harlem where he had the luxury -- this never would've been possible in tobacco country of north carolina to spend hours upon hours upon hours to give music lessons. it would've been no time to do that in the cotton country out in the farmland were small-town north carolina. and john cole trained -- john cole trained migrated at 17 for north carolina to philadelphia, where believe it or not he got his first alto sax. where we jazz be if he had not migrated or bank part of the migration and had the opportunity to go to the ornstein school of music. and part is so much that people in his apartment in philadelphia complained. the nerve of complaining because john cole trained -- the man is 12 feet. he's
miles davis whose parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would've been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was head of parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. thelonious monk, his parents migrated was five years old to north carolina to harlem where he had the luxury -- this never would've been possible in tobacco country of north carolina to spend hours upon hours upon hours to...
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miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the mug he was had his parents had not migrated outlet of the cotton country of arkansas. theonus monk, his parents migrated from north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity, the luxury -- this never would have been possible in the tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get music lessons. i mean, there would have been no time in the cotton country out in the farm land or a smalltown of north carolina. john coltrane, he migrated at 17 from north carolina to philadelphia where believe it or not, he got his first alto sax. where would jazz be if he had not migrated and part of the great migration and got the opportunity to go to the ornstein school of music in philadelphia. and to practice so much that he actually -- that people in his apartment building in philadelphia complained -- the nerve of complaining because john coltrane
miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the mug he was had his parents had not migrated outlet of the cotton country of arkansas. theonus monk, his parents migrated from north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity, the luxury -- this never would have been possible in the tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get music...
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miles davis came from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to become a musician he was had his parents not migrated out of the country of arkansas. his parents migrated when he was 5-years-old and north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity of luxury. will do it could spend hours upon hours for music lessons. there would have been no time to do that in the country out in the farm land or small-town north carolina, and john coltrane and migrated to 17 from north carolina to philadelphia where believe it or not he got his first alto sax. we're with jazz be if he hadn't gotten the opportunity to go to the school of music in philadelphia, so practice so much that he actually -- people in his apartment building in philadelphia complain, the nerve of complaining because john coltrane, the man 12c is planning tall hours to leave, was of the night. i bet people what to do night to this day they complained about john plea in his alto sax. he had
miles davis came from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to become a musician he was had his parents not migrated out of the country of arkansas. his parents migrated when he was 5-years-old and north carolina to harlem where he had the opportunity of luxury. will do it could spend hours upon hours for music lessons. there would have been no time to do that in the country out in the farm land or small-town north...
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jazz wouldn't exist as we know it.n migrated miles davis, his parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had thehe opportunity to spend hours upont hours that would have beenen necessary to hone his genius and become the musician that he was at his parents' not migrated out ofa cotton country. felonious mott, parents migrated when he was five years old fromr north carolina tos harlem where he had the luxury to spend hourr cpon hours upon hours and dideti susic lessons. there would have been no time ta do that in the con the country out in the farmland or small-town north carolina. kol john coltrane migrated at 17 from north carolina to t philadelphia where believe there not he get his first. be where would jazz be if he had not migrated? get the opportunity to go listen to music. and so he actually, people in pl aparapartment building in philadelphia, complaining. the man in 12 see his playing as all hours of the o night. i bet you anything that all those people would deny up and down to this day that theymplait complained about john j coltrane playing. he played so
jazz wouldn't exist as we know it.n migrated miles davis, his parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had thehe opportunity to spend hours upont hours that would have beenen necessary to hone his genius and become the musician that he was at his parents' not migrated out ofa cotton country. felonious mott, parents migrated when he was five years old fromr north carolina tos harlem where he had the luxury to spend hourr cpon hours upon hours and dideti susic lessons....
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that bill mcconaughey, a detailee in the senate health committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of s. 510, the f.d.a. food safety modernization act. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i know that my colleague, senator harkin, will be on the floor shortly to speak about the food safety modernization afnlgt i want to thank him personally. tom march kin has been not only a great colleague and a great friend, he's been such an exceptional leader when it comes in this important issue. it is no surprise, for those of house know tom harkin's congressional and senate career, he has always been an extraordinary leader. the americans with americans with disabilities actamericansws opened doors for the disabled across our nation is not only one of the most dramatic steps forward when it comes to human rights and civil rights in my time, it was led by senator tom harkin of iowa and senator robert dole, republican of kansas, who
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that bill mcconaughey, a detailee in the senate health committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of s. 510, the f.d.a. food safety modernization act. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i know that my colleague, senator harkin, will be on the floor shortly to speak about the food safety modernization afnlgt i want to thank him personally. tom march...
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miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was at his parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. polonius monk whose parents migrated when he was five years old from north carolina to harlem where he have the luxury -- this would have never been possible in tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get basic lessons. there would have been no time to do that in the cotton country out in the farmland of, small-town north carolina and john kohl train. john coltrane migrated at 17 from north carolina to philadelphia where believe it or not, he got his first alto sax. where would just be if he had not migrated and been part of the great migration and got the opportunity to go to the school of music in philadelphia? he practiced so much that he absolutely, the people in his apartment building in philadelphia complained. the nerve of complaining because jo
miles davis parents migrated from arkansas to illinois. he would never have had the opportunity to spend hours upon hours that would have been necessary to hone his genius and become the musician he was at his parents not migrated out of the cotton country of arkansas. polonius monk whose parents migrated when he was five years old from north carolina to harlem where he have the luxury -- this would have never been possible in tobacco country in north carolina to spend hours upon hours to get...
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around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things about george i also knew that's part of life in the united states, really a part we should be grateful for. >> at what point do you broke is candid enough to withstand the criticism? >> maybe we have drawn the skin from when george's that was vice president but i also think i knew more than the critics. i lived with george, the threats were and didn't know everyone of them, he didn't think kevin's tell me everyone because he didn't want to add to my worries, but i felt i knew a lot more about the issues than the people criticizing him did purvis. >> in "spoken from the heart" you write about those. you
around now and say the criticism of our current president, but if you visit to the lincoln library in illinois and see the terrible things that were written about lincoln it wasn't 24 our newsstand pamphleteers, pamphlets that were published ever so critical and terrible about him so is a fact of life and really is also a function of our democracy. that we can criticize our president. that we do have the freedom to say what we want to say. so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things...
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and see the criticism of our current president, but if you visit the lincoln library in springfield, illinois, and seeol the terrible things that were written about lincoln, then it was not 24-hour news, but it was pamphlet tiers, panel pletts that were so critical and terrible about him. so it's just a fact of life, and and it really is, also, a function of our democracy that we can criticize our president, that we do have the freedom to say whatever we want to say. and so as much as i hated it when it was terrible things h about george, i also knew that that's part of life in the unitedrt states, and really it'a part we should be grateful for.a >> at what point do you grow the skin thick enough to withstand some of the criticism? >> i think maybe we'd been growing that skin from when george's dad was vice presidente but i also think, you know, i knew more than the critics. i mean, i lived with george. i knew what the threats were. i didn't know every one of themh he didn't -- thank heavens -- didn't tell me every one becausn he didn't want to add to mybeca worry, but i felt like i knew ao l
and see the criticism of our current president, but if you visit the lincoln library in springfield, illinois, and seeol the terrible things that were written about lincoln, then it was not 24-hour news, but it was pamphlet tiers, panel pletts that were so critical and terrible about him. so it's just a fact of life, and and it really is, also, a function of our democracy that we can criticize our president, that we do have the freedom to say whatever we want to say. and so as much as i hated...
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, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly favored the republican party and favored the republican party and those people who were republicans who wanted to go out and vote it was a hell or high water kind of thing. they were going to vote no matter what. there was interesting things here and there. black turnout in carolina was very high. you saw joe wilson being a somewhat serious race in a district that's quite good. again, you saw nicky hailey when by not nearly the margin people fought and a lot of the was turnout. i don't know why to be totally frank i'm not sure why it was high. it
, west virginia, pennsylvania, southern illinois. that's where he struggled the most. so those numbers went through the roof, the younger voters dropped. so as a result -- then you had the independent going domestically for the republican. so you combine those three things. i think republicans are going to wind up winning the overall votes cast for the house, by 546 points total. that's a significant victory. it's about the democrats one bogden 06. as a composition in the electorate clearly...
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yes, sir. >> good morning, matt poke from illinois. my question relates to the issue that you brought up earlier about the high pollution especially in these new emerging areas. with our high intellectual capital here in the country, why aren't we exporting our services for, you know, pollution control and, you know, that kind of thing to china, and, you know, to help them with their air and water pollution, ect., you know? >> well, unbelievably there's high on -- [inaudible] that's something whether you believe if it's going to succeed or fail. if we wanted to do something globally, we would lead an effort to eliminate the high tariffs. it would create jobs here, but we're not willing to do that. that's something that is free. it doesn't add to the deficit. there's things we could do immediately to address that. >> i would just say quickly that again, i don't want to be the mist buster on china. china is ding everything. anyone who goes to china sees natural gas plants going up, solar, wind. china is growing so fast that they are doin
yes, sir. >> good morning, matt poke from illinois. my question relates to the issue that you brought up earlier about the high pollution especially in these new emerging areas. with our high intellectual capital here in the country, why aren't we exporting our services for, you know, pollution control and, you know, that kind of thing to china, and, you know, to help them with their air and water pollution, ect., you know? >> well, unbelievably there's high on -- [inaudible] that's...
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to join with my colleagues here in saluting the departure of one of our best, senator chris dodd. i first saw his father, though i didn't meet him, when i was a student intern for senator paul douglas of illinois who had an office that was next door to your father's. and i saw senator thomas dodd leaving that office and was certainly aware of the great contribution he made to america. little did i know that some 16 years later when i was be a candidate for the u.s. house of representatives his son would come to decatur, illinois, to do an event for me in my campaign. it was a smashing success, the biggest turnout ever. i'm sure shah senator dodd believes it might have been because of his presence. it also could have been because there was a $1 chick *pb dinner and -- chicken dinner and people came from miles around. christopher dodd was born in 1944 with a call, a thin veil of skin thought to be a sign of good luck covering his head. the doctor who delivered him told
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i want to join with my colleagues here in saluting the departure of one of our best, senator chris dodd. i first saw his father, though i didn't meet him, when i was a student intern for senator paul douglas of illinois who had an office that was next door to your father's. and i saw senator thomas dodd leaving that office and was certainly aware of the great contribution he made to america. little did i know that some...
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notion that virginia claimed all of the land to the west of mississippi, including modern kentucky, illinois, and missouri. that's where virginian george rodgers clark ranged in the revolution. trying to stay one step ahead, jefferson gave clark a guide to who his friends were and who was undermining him. resorting to invective, he displayed a gentleman's delicacy when he damned a person someone as all tongue without either head or heart. one the great putdowns of the 18th century. jefferson went on to fain surprise with support for clark. in the letter again, speaking again of henry, he asserted the clause as far as he has personal courage to show hostility to any man. this is an early example of what jefferson did so well. he could write off a political rival with one twist of the knife. the way to secure an ally was to impugn another man's courage, manliness, honestly. jefferson found himself attacked as coward. having his governor, they ascended monticello in 1780. what kind of idiot would have stayed around to take on the army? that's what jefferson asked. we know the answer, it's the c
notion that virginia claimed all of the land to the west of mississippi, including modern kentucky, illinois, and missouri. that's where virginian george rodgers clark ranged in the revolution. trying to stay one step ahead, jefferson gave clark a guide to who his friends were and who was undermining him. resorting to invective, he displayed a gentleman's delicacy when he damned a person someone as all tongue without either head or heart. one the great putdowns of the 18th century. jefferson...
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new york and california each have two races and one each in illinois, connecticut, and texas. overall, republicans are leading in four of our seats and democrats in three. for now the makeup of the house looks like this. 239 republicans and 189 democrats. again with those seven races outstanding. votes are still be counted in alaska senate race while initial returns showed right in balance leading candidate joe miller ahead. it's not sure how much were for lisa murkowski. and a recount is likely in minnesota's governor race. republican tom emmer, trails about 8700. a recount is automatic if the margin is less than half a percentage point. as it is expected to be when the results are certified later this month. >> how to end child hunger, one the topics that we talked about on washington journal. this segment features jeff bridges is about 45 minutes. >> our guest are bill shore, and jeff bridges, actor and spokesman of share or strength, no hungry kid campaign. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> host: how did you first get involved and interested in the issu
new york and california each have two races and one each in illinois, connecticut, and texas. overall, republicans are leading in four of our seats and democrats in three. for now the makeup of the house looks like this. 239 republicans and 189 democrats. again with those seven races outstanding. votes are still be counted in alaska senate race while initial returns showed right in balance leading candidate joe miller ahead. it's not sure how much were for lisa murkowski. and a recount is...
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then i moved to the midwest, a small town in central illinois, and it was the same thing when people found out that i was not from if here. teach me how to swear in your language. kids have this interest in many bad words. but the book is, it's really about adjusting to a new place. it's not just because, you know, this is my life story and i was a child who came here on my own. the book is really about the immigrant experience. every immigrant has to go true the process of -- through the process of dying to their former self and becoming a new self, hence the title, "learning to die in miami," which the aarp took a very strong interest in, i think, because of the title. [laughter] and i hope they're not disappointed in the contents, you know, now that they've found out what it's really about. it's about learning to shed your former self and learning to become a whole other self. for us who came without our parents, it was an immediate immersion not just in another culture, but in another entirely different set of circumstances, and it required very special kind of adapting to dying
then i moved to the midwest, a small town in central illinois, and it was the same thing when people found out that i was not from if here. teach me how to swear in your language. kids have this interest in many bad words. but the book is, it's really about adjusting to a new place. it's not just because, you know, this is my life story and i was a child who came here on my own. the book is really about the immigrant experience. every immigrant has to go true the process of -- through the...
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republicans defeated incumbent democrats in arkansas and wisconsin and won open seats in illinois, indiana, north dakota, and pennsylvania. this is largest number of senate gains for the republican party since the 1994 election. and also on the first time that they successfully defended all of their own seats. while the party controlling the white house usually loses seats in midterm elections, the losses for this term were above average. this has been attributed to many factors including high unemployment caused by the global financial crisis that began in 2007. unemployment rates which hovered around 10% this year and other factors have discussed the controversial health care reform bill, lower -- exposure during these crises and higher and older turnout for conservative voters. statistically the turnout was 3% higher and the electorate this cycle was 25% of the electorate was 65 years and older. nicole brown, our communications direct will now introduce our panel. >> good evening. i am truly honored to be introducing this very distinguished panel this evening. it is sort of an easy job
republicans defeated incumbent democrats in arkansas and wisconsin and won open seats in illinois, indiana, north dakota, and pennsylvania. this is largest number of senate gains for the republican party since the 1994 election. and also on the first time that they successfully defended all of their own seats. while the party controlling the white house usually loses seats in midterm elections, the losses for this term were above average. this has been attributed to many factors including high...
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the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. are we in morning business, mr. president? the presiding officer: we are in morning business. the senator is authorized to speak for up to ten minutes. mr. burris: thank you very much, mr. president. every day we walk the hallowed halls of the united states capitol, a building filled with statues and busts and paintings honoring great americans -- lincoln, washington, dr. martin luther king jr. -- names we will never foth because -- forget because they are individuals who built and altered the foundation of this country. we must also never forget to recognize those americans who may not appear in our history books, but whose contributions have helped write our american story. great americans like dr. margaret buroughs who became a legend in her own time. dr. margaret buroughs is a true american treasure, an artist, advocate, poet and progressive, mr. president. she celebrated her 93rd birthday this month, and today i ask my c
the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. are we in morning business, mr. president? the presiding officer: we are in morning business. the senator is authorized to speak for up to ten minutes. mr. burris: thank you very much, mr. president. every day we walk the hallowed halls of the united states capitol, a building filled with statues and busts and paintings honoring great americans --...
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at 5:30 today senator-elect mark kirk will be sworn to be senator from the state of illinois. at 6:30 the senate will proceed to cloture vote on the substitute amendment to the food safety bill. in if cloture sin invoked all -- is invoked all postcloture debate time will be yielded back except for time allotted in the agreement. one related to earmarks and other -- a complete substitute for the bill. if cloture sin invoked, we'll debate the motions and stack the votes for later tonight, up to one hour total opbd johanns and baucus amendment and four hours on the kpwurpbs -- coburn motion. upon disposition of the motion, the senate will proceed to final passage on the food safety bill. i spoke to senator coburn today and it is suggested what we'll do if we get permission from the senate is have the cloture vote on the johanns and baucus. and then there's four hours of debate, which would put us until 11:00, 11:30 tonight. i think it would be in everyone's interest to have those three votes at 9:00 in the morning. so that's where we'll try to get. i want you to be alerted to the
at 5:30 today senator-elect mark kirk will be sworn to be senator from the state of illinois. at 6:30 the senate will proceed to cloture vote on the substitute amendment to the food safety bill. in if cloture sin invoked all -- is invoked all postcloture debate time will be yielded back except for time allotted in the agreement. one related to earmarks and other -- a complete substitute for the bill. if cloture sin invoked, we'll debate the motions and stack the votes for later tonight, up to...